The costumes and sets are lavish, and the traditional stage direction doesn't cheapen the story or music in any way, has plenty of emotional impact and allows the singers freedom also.
But it is a great production in many respects, with my only criticism being moments in Act 1 where apart from the highlights there is the sense that the stage director didn't quite know what to do. This 2009 production from the Royal Opera House is not my favourite production of La Traviata, that's a tie between the Zeffirelli and Anna Moffo films.
I'm always touched by the story and the music is some of Verdi's most beautiful.
Verdi is my favourite opera composer, and La Traviata is definitely in my top 5 of his operas(Otello, Don Carlo, Aida and Rigoletto are the other 4).
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